Monthly Archives: July 2025

3 things about Wayne Wang & Paul Auster’s SMOKE

Posted on July 31, 2025 by robchristopher

Smoke [1995] 1. “You never know what’s gonna happen next. And the moment you think you do, that’s the moment you don’t know a goddamn thing.” 2. Daniel Auster has a cameo as a shoplifter. In real life he was … Continue reading →

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3 things about Jack Hazan’s A BIGGER SPLASH

Posted on July 30, 2025 by robchristopher

A Bigger Splash [1973] 1. Sitting on a leather sofa. One blue sock, one red sock. 2. After studying the painting of himself he takes a few sips from a drinking fountain. A Warhol picture is visible in the foreground. … Continue reading →

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3 things about Harvey Hart’s BEVERLY HILLS MADAM

Posted on July 28, 2025 by robchristopher

Beverly Hills Madam [1986] 1. Without trying on the dress first, she purchases it, instructing the saleswoman to “accessorize it for me” and deliver it that afternoon. 2. John Ingle as a professor. 3. Left adrift on Sunset Blvd. surrounded … Continue reading →

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3 things about John Bailey’s CHINA MOON

Posted on July 27, 2025 by robchristopher

China Moon [1994] 1. He makes a circular incision around the bullethole with an X-Acto knife. 2. Drinking beer on the rocks. 3. Charles Dance’s shaky Yankee accent.

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3 things about John Bailey’s THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE

Posted on July 26, 2025 by robchristopher

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe [1991] 1. “I always wanted to be somebody. But now I realize I should have been more specific.” 2. A cardboard disc which reads THIS BUTTON HAS BEEN RECYCLED. 3. … Continue reading →

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3 things about Michael Winner’s SCORPIO

Posted on July 24, 2025 by robchristopher

Scorpio [1973] 1. Exploding, collapsing wooden scaffolding. 2. Burt impersonates a Black priest. 3. Fake suicide capsule. I have never, ever liked a film directed by Michael Winner. And while I can’t say it’s a “good” movie, I came closer … Continue reading →

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3 things about Lewis Allen’s ILLEGAL

Posted on July 22, 2025 by robchristopher

Illegal [1955] 1. A poison that takes 45 minutes to work. 2. Storefront: DALE’S RECORD SHOP 3. Deathbed confession that arrives too late.

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3 things about Bong Joon Ho’s MICKEY 17

Posted on July 20, 2025 by robchristopher

Mickey 17 [2025] 1. The tail becomes a sauce. 2. An accent somewhere between Bobby Brady and Columbo. 3. Sex expends too many calories.

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3 things about Paul Wendkos’ GIDGET

Posted on July 19, 2025 by robchristopher

Gidget [1959] 1. She’s reluctant to strip down to her bathing suit; one of her friends commands: “Peel, girl!” 2. Breast-enhancing exercises. 3. When The Four Preps pop in to perform “Cinderella” at the luau, it’s the squarest, corniest, whitest … Continue reading →

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3 things about Jean Renoir’s FRENCH CANCAN

Posted on July 18, 2025 by robchristopher

French Cancan [1955] 1. An afternoon tryst in the backroom of the boulangerie. 2. Taking turns showing off their newfound limberness. 3. Pepto-Bismol walls backstage.

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